Red Hat QuickStart Cloud Installer /etc/qci/answers access control
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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8.4 | $5k-$25k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Red Hat QuickStart Cloud Installer (Cloud Software) (the affected version is unknown) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the file /etc/qci/answers. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Red Hat QuickStart Cloud Installer (QCI) uses world-readable permissions for /etc/qci/answers, which allows local users to obtain the root password for the deployed system by reading the file.
The weakness was released 09/22/2016 by Thom Carlin with Red Hat (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-6322. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/20/2022). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at 91887.
Product
Type
Vendor
Name
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4
VulDB Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Temp Score: 8.4
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NVD Base Score: 8.4
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
07/26/2016 🔍08/27/2016 🔍
09/22/2016 🔍
09/22/2016 🔍
09/23/2016 🔍
09/20/2022 🔍
Sources
Vendor: redhat.comAdvisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Thom Carlin
Organization: Red Hat
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍
CVE: CVE-2016-6322 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 92668 - Red Hat QuickStart Cloud Installer (QCI) CVE-2016-6322 Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 09/23/2016 09:25Updated: 09/20/2022 09:17
Changes: 09/23/2016 09:25 (51), 04/23/2019 23:53 (13), 09/20/2022 09:17 (3)
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